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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1894
Page
2
The piece surveys U S Marshals actions against a group in Weiser, Idaho, amid political tempers in Oregon and Wyoming. It cites Governor McConnell and reactions from Idaho papers, alleging partisan manipulation, labor unrest, and debates over funding for contingencies.
Long narrative from May 22 recounts a forced arrest by Marshal Marshill during a Snake River crossing from Huntington Oregon to Caldwell Idaho. The group describes harsh treatment by deputies, praises local citizens, and laments loss of travel rights while urging action to secure silver coinage and Washington relief. The note ends with community meetings and political debate about silver and U S Marshal actions.
The Populist central committee met Saturday designating Griffin Keithley as chair and arranging to make Citizen the party’s official organ. Plans for precinct clubs, county and state conventions, and indemnity for new owners were set, with turnout described as harmonious and local area crops and roads noted amid rainfall and railway surveyors moving through Salubria and surrounding valleys.
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